New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ( NYS OPRHP ) is a New York state government office, which has three main tasks in the state-managed state parks. These are:

• Scientific recommendations for the protection and conservation of the natural resources of flora and fauna and conservation of the state historic sites;
• The regularity and compliance with the statutory nature conservation laws and regulations;
• (eg, water ) to maintain the environmental health of the natural resources in accordance with strict standards.

Management

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation employs approximately 2,275 permanent employees and 5,000 seasonal employees and has a budget of about 380 million U.S. dollars per year. This manages the NYS OPRHP following areas (as of 2008 ):

In comparison to similar services in the United States, the NYS OPRHP is the leader when it comes to the number of areas as well as the number of campsites. With the size of the managed areas it is in fifth place in the annual number of visitors to third place. Numerous events are organized by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and carried out. Thus, a U.S. Open golf tournament was held at the NYS OPRHP managed by the Bethpage Black Course for example.